an old friend took me through a local secretive store in someone's backyard where people put things they wanted to give away for free. i asked her why there were rolls of money tucked throughout the shelves of the store (which resembled a shed), and she shrugged. i picked up one of the rolls of money, and it was fake christian money created by a rich local man with his portrait and quote printed on the non-facing side. there were some perfume samples in a bin and i took a few, including an indie fanmade perfume inspired by hendery. it was a simple/light perfume and one of the notes was raspberries. i took the perfume samples to my new job teaching at an international school in thailand. it was snowing when i got there, and there was an outbreak of disease at the school. during my first lunch break it was night(?) and i followed the sound of wailing. a girl had died. people were hurriedly lighting candles to gather for a procession to the impromptu funeral. i picked up a candle off the snowy ground and joined in. there were two girls whose candles i helped light who were native english speakers. both were white, one blonde and one brunette. at one point the wax started overflowing onto my hands so i dumped it out, and the blonde girl who was in front of me complained that it hit her legs. a nun/teacher appeared and started explaining the procedures of the funeral to us while we walked. she was short, black, and wearing a yellow head covering. she used a lot of body language while explaining in thai, so later as we approach the place where the funeral would be (this was still a part of the school) i explained to her i didn't speak thai and asked if i understood correctly that i should put my left hand on the coffin while saying something. (in my head I had planned to say i was sorry she died so young while she was only known as the quiet girl, because her being quiet was all any of the students were talking about.) the teacher/nun switched to her native english and told me there wouldn't be a coffin, at which point we approached the family in a covered area, and she indicated to me to look at the body. she said something along the lines of "congratulations on seeing your first dead body," at which point i said, "what makes you think i haven't seen a dead body?"